Product Name: Chris Farrell Membership

Product Owner: Chris Farrell

Advertised Price: $4.95/7 day trial, $37/month

Upsells: $997 for coaching, $147 for video creation thing (EVS)

Rating: 85/100

What Is The Chris Farrell Membership?

Chris Farrell Membership is a website with videos teaching you how to create small websites, drive traffic to them, and then market products to an email list.

Short Review:

An honest, step by step, video-based system to make money online, with a moderately active community and high quality support.

Before You Buy:

There's a lot going on with the Chris Farrell Membership (CFM). The first introduction videos you see have a little bit of marketing jazz in them with Chris telling you how much money he makes, but mostly they are describing what you will do inside CFM and how you will make money.

There are many high quality instructional videos inside the members area, but navigation can be difficult at times. There are also promotions mixed in, so you will definitely, at one point or another, be asked to buy another product or service.

The content provided is slightly out of date, but is still relevant (2013), and could definitely serve as a positive start to your online marketing career. There is also a forum to ask questions.

What I Liked:

Videos are great, and where a lot of products miss the boat is by uploading low-quality videos. Chris Farrell personally appears in many of his videos, and they are well thought out, step by step, with good audio and video. The instructions are easy to understand, and teach ethical marketing methods.

Though in the negatives section you'll see that navigation is a bit of an issue, once you find a set of videos you like, they are usually laid out in an orderly fashion. This can keep you focused and on track.

There is also an active forum, with posts, questions, and answers as recent as today (May 23). Other products I've reviewed have forums but are ghost towns. There are many active members and Chris Farrell fans to chat to.

Free hosting is a an awesome bonus that not many programs offer, and though you probably can't get away with using their hosting forever (ie, if you want to grow your business to 20 or more sites), but a moderate amount for a beginner is perfectly OK. Free hosting will certainly save you money.

Lastly, there is a lot of information, so you DO get what you pay for.

What I Didn't Like:

I never like ‘gurus' telling me how much money they make. I guess I have done the same thing from time to time at One More Cup of Coffee just to prove that I am actually successful at internet marketing, so I can't blame him. Still, I do not like this type of marketing hype.

The forum is rampant with people having huge logos, ads, and banners in their signatures. No thank you, I do not want to buy your crappy automated blogging system from your signature link. It takes away from the learning and community aspect of the forum.

The forum is also very limited is scope. There are only a few divisions within the forum, meaning that ALL questions get funneled to one area, making it hard to navigate, and you will quickly get fatigued browsing the questions/answers. It would be much better to divide questions into smaller categories to help with navigation.

Some of the methods he teaches are slightly outdated, and I don't agree with all of them. He focuses on building a tiny one-page website, or ‘squeeze page' as it's officially called with an email sign up form. You are then supposed to market products to this list. Nothing is said about building niche websites or authority sites, and how to gain rapport with your email list. It's also very hard to rank these sites because there is very little content on them.

Speaking of outdate, his last blog post was from 2009, which just goes to show you that some things on the site are out of date.

The last thing I don't like is that the promotions don't stop. You buy into CFM, then on the first page you join, the most recent item is another thing to buy. There's also an optional coaching program, and a 4 week fast track course that require additional fees. He also has a number of other products out there. Ugh.

Who Is This Product For:

The Chris Farrell membership is great A complete beginner who can afford to pay $37 per month and wants to build and email list instead of doing blogging or content marketing. Personally, I prefer to write content and get free organic traffic, then market affiliate products in that content, but a lot of folks prefer the email list route.

If that's you, then this product is a good fit!

Final Review

[Update] Apparently, the CFM site hasn't done so well recently, and I don't hear as many positive reviews as I have in the past. There's a reason that my #1 rated training remains the same after so many years. It's the same training I used to get started in online business and it's the training I always recommend for newbies. I wouldn't have made it through the challenging times without the support of such an awesome place, and I'm active, contributing member today.

Nathaniell

What's up ladies and dudes! Great to finally meet you, and I hope you enjoyed this post. My name is Nathaniell and I'm the owner of One More Cup of Coffee. I started my first online business in 2010 promoting computer software and now I help newbies start their own businesses. Sign up for my #1 recommended training course and learn how to start your business for FREE!

Comments

itsays

February 23, 2018 at 5:35 am

….don’t make me lough,the content was put online anges ago, never updated,completely out of date and incomplete& Chris Farrell himself is the biggest scammer in the internet history… he’ll try to”sell”you “customised coaching” that doesn’t exist!!!

I joined up with CFM some time ago because it looked great and had a ton of information. Chris himself is an affable fellow whose heart is in the right place. But, there is too much information, and no strict pathway to proceed down to (a) give you a reasonable perspective of what IM is about and (b) to focus on developing an income. Jill’s comparison with a library is spot on. So whilst the CFM environment is friendly, support is excellent and the instructional material is great, I felt like I was still “treading water” after several months in terms of developing a solid business. I don’t think Chris did any favours for himself by joining up with Mr Filsame in a joint venture. I think Mr Filsame saw CFM’s popularity as another method to leverage his own fortunes.

John Gibb of WA is one focussed dude who is willing to share his intellectual property (IP). I have found that the sharing of IP is something quite rare in this business – so when you find it, hang to the person’s coat tails. WA represents a successful method of developing sites, doing effective SEO, and ranking those sites to develop an income and of course this method is sustainable.

So in my humble opinion for any one starting out or wanting to latch onto a solid business system I would give go with WA @ 9.5 CFM 8.0.

Thanks so much for you detailed analysis Mike. I haven’t heard much from the folks at CFM through email and your comment echoes what a few others have said here as well. I think it’s really hard to stay on top of the quality thing year after year, but Wealthy Affiliate is doing a good job of it. For others reading, just this year they released a website analysis tool, auto-logins for your website, and their hosting support had made leaps in speed of responses, often responding within an hour or two (though they quote 24 hours)

nova wattssays

March 12, 2015 at 2:07 pm

I have been a member of both WA and currently am a member of Chris Farrell. All WA does is toot it’s horn about sales and profits but it costs thousands of dollars to get to the point of any sales. It is very confusing – just look at the site, it’s a jumbled up mess of testimonials and vague promises. Chris Farrell has no hidden costs. When you sign up and pay the $37.00 a month – that’s it.

you never have to pay anymore than that to access better or more advanced information. that $37.00 a month covers everything. He teaches you step by step hoe to pick a product, build a website, get hosting, auto responder, etc. Now you do have to pay for your domains and you also have to pay for your auto responder. But very soon the money you make eclipses the $19.00 a month you pay for the auto responder. I didn’t learn anything from WA. It’s free to sifn up but after that there isn’t much. Chris Farrell goes through every thing you have to do in detail and shows you how to do it on a video.

I have tried a lot of programs from Anik Singal, to iPas2, Empower Newtork and a lot of others I can’t remember. I researched Chris Farrell and he is the only one I did not ask and have to fight for my money back. He is worth every penny. WA is full of huff and puffery. I’m so sick of seeing other peoples bank account statements. I have not see 1 from Chris Farrell, what a relief! I would highly recommend him if you want to learn how to sell anything online from information to something you made yourself or something another company has – affiliate marketing.

Chris is the best in the industry and if anyone says WA or Empower Network is better then just sign up and listen to one of there boring hour and a half lectures about how much money they make and how great it is being rich. They draw a lot of dumb diagrams with lots of arrows but provide no information on how you can set up your business. Nothing is free and if you’re going to pay for something it might as well be worth your money and Chris Farrell is!

I think it’s clear that you haven’t actually joined WA. No one posts pictures of their checks in the forum, and there is no ‘upsell’ or sales pitch for other products within the WA members area.

Also, WA has free hosting and doesn’t focus on email marketing. So although CFM is $37, you’re also paying $8/mo for hosting and $20/mo for an autoresponder. In WA there’s no hosting fee and no autoresponder needed.

Iza Greksays

October 26, 2016 at 7:41 am

Hi

I am in early stages of Chris Farrel course and like it so far. Also been around Anik Singal which is upsell after upsell after upsell.

I found WA information dense and videos were dead boring.

Nathaniellsays

October 26, 2016 at 8:36 am

Sounds like you have a lot of experience with different programs. Thanks for letting us know your opinion on how the courses compare! I agree with you about Anik Singal.

giludisays

January 14, 2014 at 6:29 pm

Hi Nat,

I just read your reviews on WA and CFM. As i have a membership on both I can compare. Basically you’re review is ok, but you should update your information on CFM. For instance the $ 997 don’t exist anymore, but for 2014 you must subscribe yearly to get free hosting. Also your remark of the last post dated from 2009 isn’t true anymore. But on the other hand Chris Farrell is promoting more and more other products, and sometimes not the best. The strength of CFM are their videos courses (I love traffic). They are far better than on WA, but when you want to go further in learning CFM isn’t the place. WA is a little bit overhelming and confuse to start and sometimes the different courses are duplicating.

Thank you so much for adding this information. It really helps. Sometimes the products get updated and I don’t go back to check them. I will update my review today!

Richardsays

November 23, 2014 at 11:53 am

Hi Guy’s – Thanks for the review and the update. The Mentor Me program has now been replaced with ‘4 Week Fast Track’ at $297 or 3 x $99 for video coaching and personal one on one support ( I would guess from Chris and his support team).

Another thing worth mentioning is the 5 free done for you sites are really very good. The incentives that are used to capture peoples emails are way better than the usual crap you see in done for you solutions.

As Nathaniell says Chris is all about teaching list building and personally I think he does it very well.

Nathaniellsays

November 23, 2014 at 6:18 pm

Ah, there’s been quite a few changes over the years. I will have to re-join one of these days and see what’s up. I think I wrote this review about two years ago now.

azrulsays

July 24, 2013 at 5:26 pm

thank you for the review,i accidentaly spend my money on tubelaunch which the most stupid desicion i ever made.later than i was going to invest on CFM suddenly came across this site and tell me that WA is the best .so i decided to join WA .thanks guy

I saw that you just signed up. Awesome! Yes, WA is the best for many reasons, one being that it’s totally free to sign up. The other, is that if you follow the training inside, you’ll never need to buy another internet marketing ‘product’ ever again. Let me know if you have any questions along the way.

Jill Randlesays

June 24, 2013 at 4:55 am

I have been a member of both of the programs mentioned in your review, both CFM and Wealthy Affiliate. I was initially a member of Chris Farrell for just over a year and overall I thought it was a good program. LIke you I found it a bit disorganized and it felt a bit like stepping into a library without having the actual codes to find the books.

I also am not a fan of being sold after the fact as I have been ripped off more than once from other gurus like Filsaime (what a scammer that guy is). Chris is a nice guy and I wouldn’t put him in the category of the other rip off a-holes out there, but upsells are an instant red flag for me.

I have since joined WA and been a member for just over a year. I love it, it truly is the only place I plan on staying going forward. I am glad you have it ranked so high on your website because after experiencing over 10 programs online (that I unfortunately investment my money into), WA has by far been the best and it seems like they are always improving their service. Another good sign.

So if I was to give anyone a piece of advice it would be to pass on the CFM and head over to WA. You will be happy you did!

Thanks so much for your comment! I’m sure that readers always come to these reviews with a bit of skepticism, so having a real person that’s been a member of both really drives home some of the points I covered. Ten programs is A LOT; it seems that you’re somewhat of an authority on internet marketing programs. Unfortunately, there are many people who experience the same thing: product after product of non-result-getting stuff.

I’ve never heard of Filsaime. What product did you buy of his and what was the gist of it?

Richsays

February 6, 2014 at 12:09 pm

Do you make any commission from WA, If so, how long did it take you to start making anything?, I’m thinking of joining WA, Please let me know how long it will take to make money and where to start first within the members area, I’m a newbie.

Nathaniellsays

February 6, 2014 at 4:24 pm

Yes, I make a commission from WA. If you would like to know how long it takes and how much money you can make, please take a look at some realistic goals for making money online. It’ll help you gauge what’s possible, what’s common, and if online business is for you. Newbies are welcome!

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